Telegrammed by The Master
You may remember the little faux pas from the spotters who run the 'Going Loco' forum where they managed to confuse reopening an old railway line with a brand-new one.
Well, it seems that they're at it again.
They've attempted some analysis of the latest station usage figures from ORR and come up with this gem:
"In a rather disappointing finding for the newly opened Ebbw Vale line the 2 stations with the lowest usage are both on it. Crosskeys was the least used station with 8 people in the 2007/08 period. 2nd least used station was Llanhilleth with 10."
Hardly surprising really.
Llanhilleth (28th April 2008) was opened three weeks after the reporting period and Crosskeys opened two months (7th June 2008) after the reporting period!
A career with DaFT certainly beckons.
UPDATE: This from an 'Anonymous' reader...
They've come up with another stunner today in their 'Front page news'
"The Rail Regulator has published its report on the average of rolling stock on the network, which shows that the average age has risen to a five year high. [b]The average age is now 15.5 years, compared to 15.7 in the Summer of 2004[/b]."
Err...
One hopes that putative careers at DafT have nothing to do with statistical analysis.
UPDATE: This from a completely 'Anonymous' reader...
I had hitherto thought that was patently obvious ...
